Primary Responsibilities:

The Sterile Processing amp; Case Cart Manager is responsible for leading the full range of sterile processing services within SPCC, oversees departmental performance, and analyzes effectiveness of departmental processes. Under the direction of and in collaboration with the Director of Sterile Processing amp; Perioperative Patient Outcomes, this leader contributes to the development and execution of the vision for clinical excellence; ensures that high quality services are provided; and leads operational functions at top levels of efficiency. The role requires a full scope of knowledge to perform all aspects of sterile processing at an advanced level. The Sterile Processing and Case Cart Manager will monitor the performance of staff, supervisors and assistant managers with respect to compliance and safety, ensuring that standards of operation are in compliance with professional regulatory and accrediting body standards. This leader will interface with various stakeholders interacting with the SPCC department, i.e., leaders, surgeons and staff from the operating rooms, patient care floors, and procedural suites, facilities, environmental services, infection control clinicians, the biomedical department, vendors, supply chain management personnel, and so on. This leader bears responsibility for ensuring smooth interdepartmental processes and managing relationships with these stakeholders.

Essential Functions:

• Provide full support to the director in departmental and organizational operations.
• Monitor processes carried out by the Assistant Managers, SPCC Supervisors, and staff.
• Serve as a resource of sterile processing expertise within the department.
• Oversees staff scheduling and payroll, monitors departmental overtime.
• Assists director with capital budget and operational budget planning.
• Ensures a high level of customer service and productivity for the department as a whole.
• Engages in complex problem solving.
• Monitors productivity and huddle report trends to identify process or system issues; collaborate with director to develop and initiate process improvement initiatives to resolve issues.
• Engages in continuous process improvement by evaluating the success of new initiatives or processes, and adjusting when needed.
• Oversees the activities of the SPCC Educator amp; QA Coordinator and Instrument Specialists to ensure that staff, leadership, department and operating room needs are satisfied.

Educational/Training Requirements:

• High School Diploma required
• Bachelor Degree in Health Administration Business, or Nursing Preferred; college coursework + relevant experience will be considered in lieu of degree

Licensing Requirements:

• CRCST (Certified Registered Central Service Technician) or Registered Nursing License.

Experience Requirements:

• Three (3) to five (5) years of progressive clinical leadership experience in sterile processing, perioperative nursing, and/or other disciplines.

Covid Vaccination is a requirement for employment at Jefferson for employees working at Jeffersonrsquo;s clinical entities or at the University. If you are not currently vaccinated you will be required to receive the vaccination prior to hire date if you are offered employment, unless you request and receive an approved medical or religious exemption from Jefferson.

Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds.

Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science.

Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnetreg;-designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership.

Jeffersonrsquo;s mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold amp; Think Differently and Do the Right Thing

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